ENG6 - idioms (week 49)

The exercise was created 2022-11-30 by agnlof05. Question count: 8.

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  • to eat humble pie admit to defeat
  • a pig in a poke a blind item; poor purchase
  • a flash in the pan a star today, a flop tomorrow
  • to pour oil in troubled waters to try to make peace
  • the sword of Damocles any threatening danger
  • Pyrrhic victory an expensive conquest
  • a wet blanket spoilsport
  • to beard the lion defy an opponent in his home

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